Stockless anchor



(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet).

G'. H. BURROWS. .STOOKLE'SS ANCHOR.

Patgnted June 7 1898.

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2 Sheets-Sheet 2.

(No Model.)

' No. 605,076. Patented'J une 7,1898.

U ITED STATES I PATENT GEORGE VI-I.- minnows, or SOMERVILLE, MASSACHUSETTS.

STOCK-LESS ANCHOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 605,076, dated June '7, 1898.

- Application filed August 17, 18 Q '7. Serial no $348,525. (No model.)

and effective device of thiskind.

To this end the invention consists in the construction, combination, and arrangement of the device, as will be hereinafter more fully described, and particularly pointed out in the claims. f

In the'accompanying drawings reference characters indicate the same parts of the invention.

Figure lis a perspective View of my improved stockless anchor. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section with the finkes alined with the the same plane and on opposite sides'of the shank.

8 represents a longitudinal rectangular orifice extending through the crown to receive the shank, which is pivoted therein by the shackling pin 9, extending transversely through the orifice 10 in said crown and the alined orifice5 in the shank. v

The orifice 8 is formed with parallel walls 11 11 and rearwardlyrdiverging walls 12 12, formedat an angle 01: about'ninety degrees, which allow the flukes to have a movement of about forty degrees on either side of the shank when the anchor is in service. Each of the. parallel walls 11 11 is formed with a the same anchor.

V -shaped recess 15 to receive the corresponding lugs 4 4 on the T-shaped head of the shank, so that should the 'shackling-pin become accidentally detached or break the lugs on the shank will engage the upper ends of the recesses in the crown and therebyhold the shank inpla'ce as securely as in the first instance.

13 and 14 represent integral lateral arms projecting centrally on opposite sides of the crown, the office of which, in addition to forming sockets for the outer end of the shank, also serves to throw the crown up and the bills ofthe' flukes downward, so as to facili tate their engagement with the ground when the anchor has been cast overboard.

taut against the haWse-plate, thus saving the troublesome work of catting and lashing the When the anchor is in use, both flukes are embedded in the ground. Consequently there is no obstruction projecting above the'crown for the cable to twist around.

when the vessel is swinging with the tide, and, in fact, the pin 9 may be dispensed with in practice without in any manner interfering with the utility or effectiveness of the anchor while in service.

Again, if the shackling-pin should break the T-s'haped head is still pivotally secured in the crown as firmly as if the shackling-pin was in place.

Although I have specifically described the construction and relative arrangement of the several elements of my invention',I do not desire to be confined to the same, as such changes or modifications may be made as clearly fall within the scope of nlyinvention without departing from the spirit thereof.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and usefuhand desire to flukes, the shank, and the shackling-pin, the crown having a central aperture formed with stop-shoulders and the shank having a head pivoted in said aperture at the rear of the stop-shoulders by said shackling-pin, whereby, should the shackling-pin break, the head will engage said shoulders and prevent the parts separating.

In testimony whereof I hereunto allix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE ll. BURROWS. Vitnesses J. L. KELso, WILLIS F. DAY. 

